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Seungtaik Jang
Seungtaik Jang(b. 1959-) is an alchemist who takes control of all the materials and transforms those into light. By using the main color revealed on the outside, JANG controls numerous hidden colors contained in the main color. That is a metaphor of transcendence. In his past works, colored light grains placed flatly on plexiglass asserted their existence. The final, singular color that resulted from overcoloring of countless brushstrokes toward the number 100, has continuously attempted to compete and reconcile with the underlaying, hidden colors. A person’s life holds its meaning in the permanent readjustment of relationships with other people and with nature. A single color on the surface of JANG’s painting refers to oneself. A person constantly becomes reorganized by the relationship with other colors (people) and the setting of the relationship with other lights (sky). In reply to a lasting and permanent question about the essence of art as a pursuit of the meaning of human beings through beautiful objects, JANG’s paintings provide a suitable answer. When he was asked about the essence of art and the method of looking at the world, the artist responded in the following sentences. “Although light and colors are basic elements that compose a painting, those become ultimate elements together with translucent materials in my works. The true meaning of my work is to reveal the spirit by specifying materiality through multiplied transparent hues and circulation of light.” The “revealment of the spirit” he states refers to the revealment of the mind given to a person by heaven, and such a mind points to a state in which all subjects are harmonized as one, thus being elevated to the reverence. JANG’s painting is an alchemy achieved through a combination of the main color on the surface and the numerous colors hidden underneath the main color. Simultaneously, it is a narrative in which competition and reconciliation of those elements imply the meaning of the world.
Biography

1959     Born in Gyeonggi-do Goyang

Lives and works in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 

 

Education

1986     B.F.A Painting Hongik University, Seoul, Korea 

1989     License, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs de Paris, France 

 

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

2025      Layer Painting : Almost Blue, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2021      Layered Painting, Gallery YEH, Seoul, Korea

2019      Layer Colors Painting, Song Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2016      THE COLORS, Gallery Bundo, Daegu, Korea

              THE COLORS, Date Gallery, Busan, Korea

2013      P&C Gallery, Daegu, Korea

2012      Lines, Gallery Skape, Seoul, Korea 

2010      Trans Painting, Gallery Date, Busan, Korea  

              Trans Painting, Gallery Art Park, Seoul, Korea 

2008      Trans Painting, Gallery Bundo, Daegu, Korea

              Trans Painting, Gaain Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

2003      Gallery Ihn, Seoul, Korea

2002      Korea Art Gallery, Busan, Korea

2001      Gallery YEH, Seoul, Korea 

1999      CAIS Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

1998      Park Ryu-sook Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

1997      Gallery Ci-Gong, Daegu, Korea

1996      Hak-chun Gallery, Cheongju, Korea

1995      Gallery Area, Paris, France

1993      Gallery Seohwa, Seoul, Korea 

1990      Choi Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

1989      Korean Art Center, Paris, France 

              Albert Chanot Art center, Clamart, France

 

Public Collections

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Myongji University, Seoul, Korea 

 

Group Exhibitions

2024     Attitudes od Dansaekhwa: Not Residing in Completion, Seobo Art Foundation Jeju, Korea

             The Language of Blue, Art Project CO, Seoul, Korea

             Resonance of the times, Art Space Hohwa, Seoul, Korea

2023     Uigeum Sangkyung(衣錦尙絅), Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2022     Moments of Resonance II, Gallery Dooin, Seoul, Korea

             The Hidden Masterpiece, Gallery BK, Seoul, Korea

2021     Utopia: now here, Gallery BK, Seoul, Korea

2020     Transcending Colors, Lee Bae Gallery, Busan, Korea

2018      And never said a word, OCI Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

             The Post Danseakhwa of Korea, Leeahn Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2017      Under the skin, Artbit Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2014      Empty Fullness: Materiality and Spirituality in Contemporary Korean Art, Korean Culture Center,

              Shanghai, China; SPSI Art Museum, Shanghai, China

              Draw the Painting, Gallery Sejul, Seoul, Korea

2013      The Color, Ilwoo Space, Seoul, Korea

2012      Dansaekhwa-Korean Monochrome Painting, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2011       Chinese, Korean and Japanese Modern Art Exhibition, Gallery 4 face space, Beijing, China

               Captive Space, Gallery Skape, Seoul, Korea

2010       Dup, the meme, BIBI Space, Daejeon, Korea

               Temperate Aesthetics, Tong-In Auction Gallery, Seoul, Korea

                Drawing through process, Atelier 705, Seoul, Korea

In Side Out, Bongsan Cultural Center, Seok Gallery, Daegu, Korea

2009        Painted painting, Gallery Art Park, Seoul, Korea

2008        Brushed, non-brushed after 10 years, Gallery Bundo, Daegu, Korea

2007        Color. Surface. Spirit, Gallery Topohous, Seoul, Korea

2006        Sharing the Passion, Gallery YEH, Seoul, Korea

                Quadrangle's colors, Gallery M, Daegu, Korea

                Light & Mind, Shin Museum of Art, Chungju, Korea

2005        Sonamu Paris-Seoul, Korean Foundation, Seoul, Korea

Korean Contemporary Painting, Gallery YEH, Seoul, Korea

Monochrome Painting of Korea, Past and Present, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

2003        The Plastic, Gallery Art Park, Seoul, Korea

2002        Understanding Abstract Art, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

                Difference and Coexistence, Noam Gallery, Seoul, Korea

                Chemical Art, Gallery Sagan, Seoul, Korea

2001        Korean Art 2001: The Reinstatement of Painting, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea; Guangdong Museum of Arts, Guangzhou, China

                3 Artists, Maechyang Gallery, Daegu, Korea

Art & Space, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

2000        Gwangju Biennale, Special Exhibition: The facet of Korean and Japanese Contemporary Art, Gwangju, Korea

                The Plastic, Gallery BHAK, Seoul, Korea

The New Millenium, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

Beyond the canvas, Gallery Ihn, Seoul, Korea

Window Gallery, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

Jang & Doh, Gallery Sagan, Seoul, Korea

Painting & Sculpture, Gallery Seohwa, Seoul, Korea

1999        Meeting with Time and Space: Three Dimensional Painting, Gallery YEH, Seoul, Korea

1998        Media and Painting, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

Art as Therapy, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

                Version 1, CAIS Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Five Freinds of Simon, Gallery Simon, Seoul,Korea

Gallery Face, Park Ryu-Sook Gallery; Gallery Simon, Seoul, Korea, Japan

Brushed, Non-Brushed, Sai Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1998        Three Artists, Hakchun Gallery, Chungju, Korea

Special Exhibition Japan Independants, DongKyungdo Museum, Tokyo, Japan

1996        Ecole de Seoul, Gallery KwanHoon, Seoul, Korea

Place to Space, Gallery Gaain, Seoul, Korea

Daegu Work Shop, Gallery Cigong, Seoul; Gallery Shila, Daegu, Korea

1993        Small is Beautiful, Woong Gallery, Seoul, Korea

                Sonamu Atelier, Korean Art Center, Paris, France

1992        Work on paper, Gallery Seohwa, Seoul, Korea

1991        Korean Contemporary Painting, Meegan Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1990        Three Artists Drawing, Choi Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1989        90 Salon of the Young Painters, Grand Palais, Paris, France

1987        Vision of Paris, Hankook Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Salon de Figuration Critique, Grand Palais, Paris, France

1985        Independants, Art Center, Seoul, Korea

1984        Dong-A Grand Prix, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

 

Artworks
Layered Painting 30-21

2024

Acrylic on canvas

90x70cm

Layered Painting 40-22

2024

Acrylic on canvas

100x80cm

Layered Painting 60-22

2024

Acrylic on canvas

120x100cm

Layered Painting 80-26

2024

Acrylic on canvas

145x112cm

Layered Painting 80-20

2023

Acrylic on canvas

145x112cm

Layered Painting 100-113

2024

Acrylic on canvas

160x130cm

Layered Painting 100-111

2024

Acrylic on canvas

160x130cm

Layered Painting 100-106

2024

Acrylic on canvas

160x130cm

Layered Painting 100-99

2023

Acrylic on canvas

160x130cm

Layered Painting 100-97

2023

Acrylic on canvas

160x130cm

Layered Painting 130-40

2023

Acrylic on canvas

200x150cm

Layered Painting 130-46

2024

Acrylic on canvas

200x150cm

Layered Painting 130-37

2023

Acrylic on canvas

200x150cm

Layered Painting 150-27

2024

Acrylic on canvas

220x170cm

Layered Painting 130-38

2023

Acrylic on canvas

200x150cm

Layered Painting 150-29

2024

Acrylic on canvas

220x170cm

Layered Painting 130-35

2023

Acrylic on canvas

200x150cm

Layered Painting 150-24

2024

Acrylic on canvas

220x170cm

Layered Painting 150-28

2024

Acrylic on canvas

220x170cm

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